Re: DE

I don't know anything about the swimming pool kind...but I don't think it's the same thing.


Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center <4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
Well, I thought DE was also used for something concerning swimming pools,
which I am sure OK has. Maybe it's a different grade.

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] DE


> Well one would THINK that it would be easy to find at a feed store or
> gardening center. But it's OKLAHOMA...and when I asked them (went to ag
> centers, feed stores, gardening centers) they looked at me and said,
> "HUH?" I explained to them what it was and they tried to sell me Seven
> Dust at one place, and some other stuff for cattle that had insecticide
> in it. So, I just looked online. Without trashing the state I live in
> (and I was born here and my parents and grandparents were born here),
> Oklahoma is not exactly up on things. No recycle programs where I
> live..maybe in OKC but not here, organic is a foreign concept to most
> people here, I still see hairstyles from the 70's, fashion is behind and
> so is the music. I can say that honestly because I have also lived in
> Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City and New Orleans....there are days where I
> wondered what in the HELL I was thinking by moving back here. For true.
>
>
>
>
> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
<4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> Jesse,
> Nitron has lots of good products. I would think though that one could get
> DE locally - say at a feed store or ag co-op.
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jesse Bell"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk NOW Fleas
>
>
> > Go to www.nitron.com and when it opens click on the "online store". Then
> > choose the "Home and Pet" section and scroll down to D.E. It's the best
> > price I have found so far.
> >
> >
> >
> > Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> > Okay, where do you get it? I really need something for the 17 outside
> cats,
> > and I can't afford Frontline Topspot for the inside ones, either.
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
> >
> >
> > > O.K. ya'll...after doing my "due diligence" on natural flea control
(and
> > > also, because of the goats who get lice..not the kind that get on
> > > people...but bothersome to them) I researched "food grade"
diatomaceaus
> > > earth and then searched for a reasonably priced one...and found it. I
> > > tried it on the dogs and cats first because the fleas are HORRIBLE
here.
> > > Works like a charm. Tried it on the goats. Works like a charm. You
just
> > > rub it in their coats and walk away. The fleas and other pests are
gone
> > > within a couple of days and it stays that way as long as they have
some
> > > of the powder on them. I will never be without it again. I ordered
four
> > > 5 lb. bags of it. Should last me awhile..and it only cost me $25.31.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> > > I wish I could say that, but living the the flea capital of the
world...
> > > zem
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:37 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Beans talk
> > >
> > >
> > >>A plus (there's at least one!) about living where I do is that there
are
> > >>no
> > >> fleas. Too dry, I guess; haven't had to worry about fleas on the dogs
&
> > >> cats
> > >> for 20 years now.
> > >>
> > >> Cyndi
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > >> Behalf
> > >> Of Kitty
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:12 PM
> > >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Mine are $88 yr per cat plus the $30 each flea shot. but my guys get
> > >> everything available except heartworm. One concern I have is...when
> > >> Slugger
> > >> showed up last year and caused so many fights, I had no intention of
> > >> taking
> > >> him in, I just wanted him neutered to reduce his agression. Then he
> > >> wouldn't leave. (on my lap now) So he ended up getting everything.
The
> > >> initial everything is a lot more than $88. As I said, no one will do
> just
> > >> the parts I ask. We'll see. Kitty neIN, Z5
> > >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >> From: "A A HODGES"
> > >> To:
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:06 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Can you check and see if any "events" are offering discounted shots?
> > >>> They do that around here periodically. Of course getting him there
may
> > >>> be an issue if he's skittish about cars or crowds. We are having a
> > >>> clinic as
> > >> they
> > >>> call it this weekend. It's the Spring Pet Fling and they're
> > >>> microchipping for $10 and rabies for $5. Usually they offer a big
> > >>> discount on all the other necessaries as well. I myself pay $80 a
> > >>> dog.....for their "5,000 mile" checkup each year. Ouch.
> > >>>
> > >>> Andrea H
> > >>> Beaufort, SC
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> > [Original Message]
> > >>> > From: Kitty
> > >>> > To:
> > >>> > Date: 4/12/2005 10:12:55 PM
> > >>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Well, Woody should be ok around here. If I find some extra money
> > >>> > after
> > >>> my
> > >>> > sale I may see about at least getting him some flea protection.
I'd
> > >> like
> > >>> to
> > >>> > get him neutered, but it's not as easy as it used to be. My vet
> > >>> > only neuters if he can do all the tests on him and it ends up
> > >>> > costing about
> > >>> $200.
> > >>> > The local clinic requires you to own it which means going through
> > >>> > all
> > >> the
> > >>> > shots and registering him with the city. But 6mo flea protection
is
> > >> $30.
> > >>> > Kitty
> > >>> > neIN, Z5
> > >>> > ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > >>> > To:
> > >>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:22 PM
> > >>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> > > Well said, Zem. I agree. When it has depended on people it's
whole
> > >> life,
> > >>> > > or most of it's life they don't stand a chance. It's just cruel.
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > Jess
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> > >>> > > People who would turn out a pet when its person has died should
> > >>> > > meet a horrible end. zem
> > >>> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >>> > > From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> > >>> > > <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> > >>> > > To:
> > >>> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:40 PM
> > >>> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > > Got you trained, doesn't she?
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > Woody is a pale-orange, longish-haired tabby the spends the
> > >>> > > > winter
> > >> in
> > >>> my
> > >>> > > > Florida room. His owner died and her son turned him out. The
> > >>> > > > poor
> > >> guy
> > >>> > > > has
> > >>> > > > been fending for himself for the past few years, but I believe
> > >> someone
> > >>> > > > besides me has been helping him out. He's gone through so many
> > >> fights
> > >>> > > > over the years (not fixed) that he has a huge amount of scar
> > >>> > > > tissue
> > >>> > around
> > >>> > > > his jaws - along with the fur it triples the size of his face.
> > >>> > > > So
> > >> when
> > >>> > he
> > >>> > > > drinks from the birdbath or his bowl, the whole lower portion
of
> > >>> > > > his
> > >>> > face
> > >>> > > > gets darkly wet. The first time I saw him like that I thought
> > >>> > > > he'd
> > >>> been
> > >>> > > > hurt. - nope, just wet.
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > Kitty
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> > > > From: "james singer"
> > >>> > > > To: "Chat"
> > >>> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:51 PM
> > >>> > > > Subject: [CHAT] Beans talk
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > >> Sometimes you just gotta listen to the animals, you know? I
was
> > >>> outside
> > >>> > > >> planting a recently rediscovered grumichama and Beans came
out
> > >>> > > >> and started talking to me. It seemed like it was important,
so
> > >>> > > >> I made a move toward the house and she trotted ahead, like
she
> > >>> > > >> expected me
> > >> to
> > >>> > > >> follow. I didn't want to disappoint her, so I did follow. She
> > >>> > > >> beat
> > >> me
> > >>> > > >> inside by 20 seconds or so, but when I got into the kitchen,
> > >>> > > >> there
> > >>> she
> > >>> > > >> was sitting beside her empty water bowl. And talking...
> > >>> > > >> actually
> > >>> giving
> > >>> > > >> me what for.
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> Island Jim
> > >>> > > >> Southwest Florida
> > >>> > > >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > >>> > > >> Hardiness Zone 10
> > >>> > > >> Heat Zone 10
> > >>> > > >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > >>> > > >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > >
> >
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